Away on the far eastern horizon. An appropriate sky…
Firstly, huge thanks for the many messages regarding our team of people and horses that are in Bahrain right now. Not quite what they signed up for when I told them a winter in The Kingdom would be one hell of an experience….
All are safe and sound, and that goes for all the guys and girls who are over there for the duration of the Turf Series…
Scary pictures of drones crashing into apartment blocks and large explosions at the Naval base. Sirens wailing. Vapour trails criss crossing the sky…
Ed Veale and his team at The Bahrain Turf Club have been superb as ever – but in instances like this, it is Governmental advice that comes to the fore. And, wholly understandably given an evolving situation, this is not always imbued with huge clarity…
Harriet and Ben have been able to get out to the racecourse from the apartment in Seef, and all is well with the horses. Quieter on the roads – unsurprisingly. The guys had to sit tight aboard Nesthorn and Gordon Grey as an interceptor missile from the neighbouring Army Base raged over their heads. Epsom on Derby day will be a cakewalk after this…
On Saturday night, as the sirens continued to sound, they made the call to sleep (although there was not much of that…) in their cars out in the desert. And several were planning to camp out with the horses at the Quarantine Barns last night…
The prestigious Kings Cup Meeting later this week. I guess we will see what the next few days bring. And also whether the planned flights home a week today can happen…
Everything crossed….
People and horses remaining safe and sound is obviously the absolute priority. Maybe they will have to ride home…
